We have taken these past few weeks to make sure we have almost every detail ironed out and ready for the Grand Opening of our return back to holding Saturday Latin Nights @ Thirsty's. We will, of course, continue to improve and make our weekly Saturday parties even better each week, but in the meantime...

Salsa ATL and Dancing4Fun are honored and very proud to have Al & Yasmine Espinosa visit Atlanta to help us celebrate the rebirth of Noche Caliente Saturdays at "La Sala De La Salsa."

Al 'Liquid Silver' Espinosa is not only a world-renowned instructor, but also considered to be one of the pioneers of "LA Style" Salsa. I have no doubt you will agree that his style is both impressive and unlike any other!

I've been communicating with Al for about a year now, and finally got to meet him and Yasmine a few weeks ago. They are both very nice, also quite passionate about dancing and enjoy teaching. They are looking forward to performing at our Grand Opening and teaching a 2-day Salsa Boot Camp.

If you are an experienced Salsa dancer, comfortable with cross-body leads (CBL) and Salsa turns, and want to learn from one of the top performers & most sought-after instructors in the industry, this is your chance!

Al & Yasmine will also be available for private lessons during their Atlanta visit.Check out all of the info below and feel free to call or text me, with any questions you might have.

Sean-Christopher - 770.855.4396

Meet your Instructors:

AL "Liquid Silver" Espinosa & Yasmine Espinosa

Al (aka 'Liquid Silver') from Los Angeles, California, is one of the pioneers in the Salsa scene, and is known for his unique style and very original salsa shows. He has taught and performed in over 50 countries around the world. Al combined old school hip hop dance and popping with salsa and called it 'Millennium Style.'

He is known for his theme shows such as: Beetle Juice, Terminator, Cowboy, Transformers, Pepe le Pew etc.

Here are a couple of videos of Al 'Liquid Silver' Espinosa. If you want to see more, check him out on YouTube. I'm sure you will see countless awesome performances by Al with various talented dance partners.

Al has performed with several Latin music artists such as Tito Puente, Jr., Luisito Rosalio, Jose Alberto Canario, Palabra, Jon Secada. He has also performed in the off-Broadway musical in New York City called 'Latin Madness,' with some of New York's best Salsa dancers: Santo Rico, Descarga Latina, Jesus Aponte, Mario B., Franklin Diaz, Candy Mena, Stracy Diaz and more.

Al also has done shows for Univision, Telemundo, and Mega TV3.

Although Al 'Liquid Silver' is from Los Angeles and dances L.A. style, he also lived in NYC to be trained in 'on- 2' New York style.

In the last few years, Al has mainly focused on teaching, and perfecting his salsa syllabus that has helped people who had struggled to learn how to dance to become very good dancers.

AL & YASMINE have recently teamed up and now together have formed a dynamic couple with a nice balance of grace, chemistry and precision on the dance floor. They have been sharing their passion for Salsa and training many skilled dancers in the Miami, Florida area.

If you are looking to improve on your Salsa dance skills, whether you want to learn some new patterns, improve on your styling or sharpen up your technique, this 2-day Salsa Boot Camp in Atlanta is a must attend!

11am - 11:55am - 'Millennium Style Salsa'- ALL LevelsDescription- See why Al Espinosa is also known as 'Liquid Silver!'

His natural stage presence, energetic but smooth style, combined with old school Hip Hop and Popping, helped him develop Millennium Style Salsa. Don't worry, we won't be doing any break dancing or popping and locking. But you will definitely see how the way they move and execute the moves is a different style and has that hip hop influence. Come check it out!

12noon - 12:55pm - Rotating Cross-Body Lead (CBL) / 360 class - Beginner/Int LevelDescription- A very fun Salsa move to add to your repertoire. A lot of experienced and definitely advanced dancers do the 360/rotating cross-body lead, but I can honestly say Al 'Liquid Silver' Espinosa is one of the folks who executes it with the greatest ease and grace! Definitely check this out if you want to add this to your repertoire, or improve on your technique in executing this fun Salsa move. I have done this move, but never felt completely comfortable with it until Al & Yasmine showed me some simple techniques to execute this move better. Now, with a little practice, this is definitely one of my favorites! I'm sure it will also be one of yours after this class.

1pm - 2pm - Men & Ladies Spins in partner work -ALL LevelsDescription: I recently went on a trip to Miami and had a chance to hang out with Al & Yasmine. They are definitely the technicians when it comes to spin techniques for both ladies and men! If you are interested in improving on your spin techniques, this is the class for you. Even if you consider yourself good at executing salsa spins & turns already, I have no doubt Al & Yasmine can make you even better!

2:30pm - 3:30pm - Men & ladies styling -ALL LevelsDescription: I'm definitely looking forward to this class! Style, technique and how smoothly they flow are definitely some of the things that stand out to me about Al & Yasmine. If you want to add some flavor and styling to your Salsa, this is the class to attend.

3:35pm - 4:35pm - Rotating CBL / 360 class Part 2- Intermediate / Adv LevelDescription - Now it's time to add some cool patterns that end up in the Rotating Crossbody Lead/360. If you enjoyed Part 1 (the previous session), then you will love this class. Al & Yasmine will help you execute this move smoothly and with ease.

4:40pm - 5:40pm - Musicality Class - ALL LevelsDescription: Watching the videos of Al dancing "wows" me. I'm amazed at how he hits the breaks in the music, almost as if he was playing the instruments himself! He does this not only in performances, but also just simply during social dancing! I definitely want to get some insight on how he does this, and so have many others. Musicality is probably the ultimate skill you can add to your Salsa dancing.

Who better to learn from! You definitely want to take advantage of this class!

5:40pm - 6:30pm - Practice & Review- Description: This is your chance to ask specific questions about what we covered in class, both from Saturday & Sunday. The instructors can expand, review or go into more details about lead and follow techniques on a specific move, etc.

Don't forget guys Al & Yasmine are available for private lessons, and they will also have instructional DVDs available for purchase. Let me know if you have any questions.